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IRS impostor scams, ruthlessly non-discriminatory, fear no one. But sometimes they pick on the wrong people. Criminals posing as agency representatives have coerced almost 3,000 victims by telephone to pay more than $14 million in the phone scam, says the IRS. Last week, they tried to fool Kevin Sullivan of West Hartford, probably unaware he's commissioner of Connecticut's Department of Revenue Services. In language even scammers should understand: He's the state's Tax Man. "So I get home last night," says Sullivan, "hit the blinking light [on his landline's answering machine] and the message was a stern woman's voice saying, 'We've...

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IRS impostor scams, ruthlessly non-discriminatory, fear no one. But sometimes they pick on the wrong people.Criminals posing as agency representatives have coerced almost 3,000 victims by telephone to pay more than $14 million in the phone scam, says...

HARTFORD — If you're a billionaire living in Connecticut, chances are the tax department is keeping an eye on you.Connecticut, home to some of the richest Americans, has a big stake in the billions of dollars in revenue their income taxes generate....

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's tax commissioner is urging taxpayers expecting federal or state income tax refunds who may be affected by the Anthem data breach to file their taxes quickly. Kevin Sullivan, head of the Department of Revenue...

SIMSBURY — Looking back on her 16 years in office, Mary Glassman sees her long service as the town's first selectman as one of life's biggest accidents."It's kind of ironic; I came in as an accidental politician and I'm leaving in an unusual...

HARTFORD — Dannel Malloy's second-term inauguration Wedneday brought smiles of jubilation and relief from Democratic loyalists, moment-of-history pleasures for non-partisan onlookers and a rather grim forecast from one guest.
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SIMSBURY — Blaming the Republican-controlled board of selectmen for what she called an "abuse of power" in voting to cut her salary by 35 percent, First Selectman Mary Glassman announced Monday she will resign in January.
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"Taxes are what we pay for civilized society," Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. once observed. And that is true, as long as taxes are imposed fairly, reasonably and efficiently. Do Connecticut's taxes meet those criteria?
Although the system...

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Connecticut shoppers can look forward to a little extra money in their wallets when the state holds its annual tax-free week Aug. 17 to 23.
During that time, the 6.35 percent sales tax on most clothing and shoe purchases under $300 will be waived.
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Courant readers have been paying close attention to my colleague Jon Lender's stories on state government officials hiring relatives for summer jobs in their departments. It's a dispiriting enough tale to have caught the attention of Gov. Dannel P....

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